9/14/2001 16:30:36, Nuno Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I cvsup docs for some time and today I tested the script: "Example 12-5. A 
>Script for Creating a Bootable Floppy" (/handbook/backup-programs.html) and I 
>noted that `make buildkernel KERNCONF=MINI` or the old way `config; make 
>depend; make` can't compile the mini kernel because it is obsolete. 
>
>My opinion is that the handbook should be updated as much as possible, but if 
>anyone helps me finding a way of compiling this mini kernel then I'll be 
>very happy. 

I'm a relative newbie to the world of FreeBSD, so take my remarks in that context.

I couldn't get the MINI kernel to compile either, so I gave up on it and tried a 
custom kernel of my own, 
stripped to the bare minimum. 
The smallest I could get is about 1.1meg, which, while small enough for a floppy, 
doesn't leave room for 
the additional files needed for 
a proper recovery diskette (which was my whole purpose for the exercise). I don't know 
enough about 
kernel compilation to strip it 
down further than that, alas. I can post my kernel source here if that's of any use to 
you...


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